In MISS BUDGE IN LOVE Daphne Simpkins offers an entertaining collection of insightful and often humorous short stories that feature the endearing Miss Mildred Budge. A retired public school teacher, Miss Budge embarks on a series of slice-of-life adventures that take readers into the intriguing and authentic lives of Southern church women. "What our readers love about Miss Budge is that they all know her personally. In fact, they all are her in one way or another. Daphne's stories are instantly recognizable to those in a church community, and that's where the real humour and real pathos comes...

Part memoir and love letter, too, A Cookbook for Katie offers simple recipes and practical advice to a young bride about to walk down the aisle and into her own future of homemaking. Cooking tips and recipes are framed by family-themed essays that capture the flavor, heart and humor of home life. While written specifically for the writer's niece in response to the bride's request for a collection of family recipes when she was about to marry, this unusual memoir-cookbook could help any new bride who may need to answer the question, "What's for supper?" with good spirits, a hot meal and a pan...

Traditions grow up in neighborhoods and churches the way that they do in families. Fountain City, a fictional city in the Deep South, is no different. Their most recent tradition is the Faith Promise campaign that raises money for missions and feeding the hungry. A noble and necessary work, over time, the key to Faith Promise's ongoing and invigorating success is attributed to Mrs. Bopp's Miracle Fudge, a new holiday recipe invented each year by a fudge-making genius to kick-off the Christmas season and the fund-raising campaign. People who have more than a sweet tooth to satisfy line up for...